RESEARCH: // The Widow's Joy: Pride, Genius, Grief & Lies from International 78rpm Recordings. Following his successful and much talked about European tour last year to discuss and share the treasure trove of lost music he unearthed in producing the compilation album 'To What Strange Place' (The Music Of The Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916-1929), Ian Nagoski crosses the Atlantic again to reveal more beauty he has found amongst crates of forgotten 78s. It's these records that led to the creation of six more collections of music from various continents and for such prominent labels as Dust-To-Digital, Important, Mississippi and others. Ian will share these found sonic treasures with you during a lecture at DE PLAYER and reveal the sometimes tragic, sometimes magical stories of the songs and the artists performing them.

RITUALS: (~) Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson will join us this day with a performative element for which he simply passes by with his body and mostly well shaved and always prepared as they say with the scouting. Besides being part of the abstract/experimental electronic 'band' Stilluppsteypa, he is known for his energetic performances. His approach is that of the trembling artist, struggling to make sense and direction out of a creative impulse. Regardless of the medium, there is a continuous search for order and chaos throughout his body of work. Not clear at all what yet, but it will be archived as a soundfile for our POUR VOUS series. Expect something clear, basic, sensual and acknowledging.

OHHO: >> Wen Chin Fu is a performance artist from Taiwan. She is interested in site-specific sound/body performance and brings us a performative session with OHHO; an instrument exploring physical movement and searching for an intimate contact with sound. The human body is used as an integral part of a string instrument, replacing the body of the instrument with the body of the performer. Strings are stretched onto the player so that the amount of muscular tension in the body directly affects the tension of the strings. While exciting the strings through slow and subtle movements, the performer alternately builds up and releases tension in the body, conducting musical development through delicate acts of physical exertion.